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Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer
Austin Police Department Starts Targeting Certain Bars Again
KXAN NBC reports that the Austin Police Department is keeping a list of the bars that last served DWI suspects. They get the information during the questioning of the suspect on…
Truck Injury Lawyer Blog
MORGAN G.ADAMS
By Morgan Adams
Founding partner Morgan G. Adams established the Law Offices of Morgan Adams in 1997, and later opened offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Nashville, TN to support his clients nationally.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Is capital punishment for drunk driving morally required?
Main August 19, 2006Is capital punishment for drunk driving morally required?Earlier this week, as reported in the Washington Post, the New York Times, USA Today and elsewhere, "state and federal…
Sentencing Law and Policy
More discussion of leniency for drunk drivers
Main July 26, 2006More discussion of leniency for drunk driversIn this post a few months ago, I pondered why so much more attention is paid to sex offender sentencing than…
Personal Injury
DUI semi driver reported weaving, strikes pickup truck
By Ken Shigley
Gregg County, TX, 6/27/06. An alarmed driver who saw a weaving tractor trailer run other cars off the road was calling 911 to report the erratic trucker when she saw…
LawSites
A podcast on drunk-driving defense
I just happened across Massachusetts DUI Podcast, a short series of podcasts for lawyers about defending drunk-driving cases in the state. They are recorded by lawyer Russell Matson.
Sentencing Law and Policy
Why do we worry so much more about sex offenders than drunk drivers?
Main March 21, 2006Why do we worry so much more about sex offenders than drunk drivers?Stories this week from my local paper have me wondering again about why so much…
Government and Public Policy
Georgia highway markers memorialize DUI victims
By Ken Shigley
Georgia DOT slowly begins to erect markers to memorialize victims of drunk drivers.
Personal Injury
Punitive damages against drunk drivers
By Ken Shigley
Give jurors opportunity to punish drunk drivers.
Sentencing Law and Policy
New sentencing laws for the new year
Main January 1, 2006New sentencing laws for the new yearRinging in the new year, newspapers are filled with stories of new and developing sentencing laws for 2006:As detailed in this…